How was your week, guys? I spent most of Monday vulturing over sales on big purchases I’ve been putting off for months. Area rug! Philips wake up light! A new Roomba!A real desk chair! So now I have zero dollars, but I’ll wake up pleasantly, to a clean home I didn’t need to vacuum and enjoy sitting at my desk.

Here’s a weirdly obvious online shopping tip: before you go through with any purchase, google ‘[website name] discount code’. There’s almost always a discount code to be had and I usually save 10-25%!

A great post about authenticity and social media.Social media is not to blame here. It’s up to us not to treat it like a game. Treating it like a numbers game will only end in tears. Chasing clicks will leave us hollow. Creating meaningful content that people enjoy will make the difference. Social media can be fantastic if we keep it fcking real.

Before I wrote and blogged full time, I taught ESL to refugees. If you’re curious about the application and acceptance process for refugees to come to America, it’s explained here, by a young woman who lived it.

Are you following the hilarious Twitter feed ‘Man Who Has It All‘? It turns all that multi-tasking, lifestyle advice that’s usually directed at women and directs it at men. So good.‘I’m childless…and thats ok,’ Andy, age 36, on making peace with his circumstances. Thanks Andy for that. As long as you’re sure.

Is there such a thing as being too smart for your own good?When you tell yourself that only Very Special people can keep you interested, what you’re essentially saying is that you yourself have to be Very Special to be acceptable, to deserve love, to deserve a rest. You can’t relax in this realm of super-specialness because your head tells you that you’re ALWAYS DOING EVERYTHING WRONG. No one else is good enough, and you’re not good enough, either

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Hi Sarah, I have never heard of a roomba – is it worth it?? How does it work – like do you programme it once and it does it every day without any bother? If so, it sounds AMAZING & I need to start saving! Xx

YES. It is so, so worth it. We have shared custody of two boys, two pets, three bedrooms, and a yard filled with leaves and grass that love to be tracked into the house. We run our Roomba EVERY DAY and you’d be amazed by all the things it finds and cleans. It has reduced the amount of time we spend cleaning by 60%!